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monocotyledonous

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, having only one seed-lobe or seminal leaf.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Having only one cotyledon, seed lobe, or seminal leaf.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective botany Of or pertaining to a flowering plant having a seed with one embryonic leaf (a single cotyledon).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective (of a flowering plant) having a single cotyledon in the seed as in grasses and lilies

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